So.... my Mother brings me lunch, an extra large chocolate shake, a double cheeseburger and a large fry

She gets out of the car and goes to hand me the shake,I brought you lunch says she, I didn't know what to get you so I got a chocolate shake. Mother says I, its not good for me, OH… should I have gotten vanilla, do you mean you can't have chocolate?

She looks at the shake, and then at me, strawberry? Umm no Mom its a extra large shake, I haven't been to McDonalds for 3 weeks now.

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LOL. She's trying to love you, but doesn't seem to have a clue that she is offering you things you can't really have.

I had a situation recently where I was invited to a neighbor's for BBQ chicken…I did not stop the cook in time, and the chicken got smothered in Bull's Eye BBQ Sauce, 13 grams of carbs in a teaspoon, and high fructose corn syrup is the number one ingredient!!

Of course, I don't want to be rude, so I go ahead and eat, knowing I am gonna DREAD my next BG reading…and was I right!! I nailed a 158! I decided then and there I was damned if I was EVER AGAIN gonna eat something to be polite…I will make sure in advance to ask these kind neighbors and friends to please not put BBQ Sauce on a few of the pieces of chicken.

Dave. got to love our mothers. Sorry to hear she is T2 also. Hope she is more careful of what she eats. My mom is T2 and brings me Suger free candy and stuff all the time, says, "its sugar free, you can eat all you want" and she does. Its heartbreaking to tell her that her sugar free candy has sugar acohol and watch as she puts some back knowing she wants to eat them. Good luck always.

My darling wife brought me this huge 4 inch square mega frosted brownie the first week, it had walnuts so she thought it would be okay. The other day I turned around and she popped a teaspoon of homemade caramel in my mouth.

She is a great baker, her pies are to die for, even the crust melts in your mouth. Her goal is to have her own candy shop so as you can guess I've been eating for the past 30 years.

The holiday tables are loaded with all of the goodies she would make for her goody baskets that she passed out. Easy to walk by and pick up a home made chocolate covered cherry, caramel filled eggs, cookies, you name it.

Oh how I do not envy the temptation that you must have right now. It's great that you have the support of your family, even if it's misguided.

I got around my friends trying to bring me sweets by saying to them…"hey aren't I sweet enough for you yet?" It worked everytime.

I know this is kinda over the edge, but when a cookie or a sweet is staring at me, I just think about how much dialysis would suck or how much I love to walk around and stuff like that. Like I said I know it's extreme, but so is my sweet tooth.

Your mom sounds like a sweetie, just like mine, lol. Problem is nobody in my family is diabetic. After I was first diagnosed, she cooked everything that I couldn't eat, but I ate it anyway because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. I finally got her to read a lot about diabetes and the diet we should follow and she is slowly learning. I too laughed reading your story, I was in the same boat a few months ago! Take care, Angie

My mom totally re-learned how to cook for me. She did this from jump street, right after my diagnosis. She's still learning, but she has been a marvelous support to me. She, herself, has lost 35 pounds to go along with my near 60 pound loss.I love Mom. She drives me nuts sometimes, but I love her all the same (we live together in my house)

LOL, atleast her intentions were good if not mis-guided. Eat a few fries, Dump the rest when she is not looking. Just say you are going to save them for later. then dump them. take off the buns from the hamburger and get a fork and knife. Have at it. Dump the extra salt and the katsup. Take one sip of the shake and then throw it away. It was good she was thinking of you. This is a good time to educate her. Tell her what you can eat. What you want to eat. Otherwise, make do with what is in front of you. I am a big beleiver in that all is ok for us to eat in moderation. Got to love mothers. Mine is a T2 also but is older and I think loosing her mind. She takes descent care of herself as far as she knows, but her eating habits are terrible. Think of your mothers feelings, Present a good front, then do what you have to do. Good luck.

She is a sweet Mom, and her intentions were golden, but her Mother was a T2 Diabetic, and her brother who lost all of his fingers and toes before he died.

She is currently taking insulin because she is taking Prednesone (sp?) and will soon be off from it as the doc stopped it this week.

I am rarely speechless, but I was absolutely dumbfounded. I had to turn it down or she would not have stopped, plus I have not gone below 187 yet on my BG in spite of everything I've done with my diet.